Fountain blacking-brush.



No. 838,241. PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906. G. A. GONNERS.

FOUNTAIN BLAOKING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7. 1906.

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witneoaey PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

C. A. GONNERS. FOUNTAIN BLAGKIN'G BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED THE. 7, 1906.

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UTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FOUNTAIN BLACKlNG-BRUSH.

\ Specification of Letters'latent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed February Z. 1906. Serial No. 299,966.

To all whmrt it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. CON- NERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Alton, in the county of Madison and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FountainBlacking- Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fountain-brushes, and particularly to that classthat are designed to be used as daubers for applying blacking to a bootor shoe.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved device of thischaracter in which the dauber proper is provided with a series ofwater-ports and is detachably secured in a casing that is provided witha funnel-shaped reservoir. The outlet of the reservoir is contracted andis closed by a cupshaped end of a hand-operated lever that may beconveniently manipulated by pressure of a persons hand holding thehandle of the brush. The contracted outlet of the reservoir is spacedsomewhat above the body of the dauber proper that contains thewaterpassages, so that when the Water is permitted to flow from thereservoir it will splash over the surface of the dauber and ,pass freelythrough the water-passages, so as to effectively wet the bristles of thedauber.

With this and other objects in view, as will hereinafter more fullyappear as the description proceeds, my invention consists in certaindetails of construction and arrangements and combinations of arts,hereinafter specifically described an claimed.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a pers ective view of myimproved fountain blac 'ng-brush. Fig. 2 is a ongitudinal sectional viewthereof. Fi 3 is a detail perspective view of the control ing mechanismfor the outlet of the water-reservoir. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, thesection being taken across the handle on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 5is a detail perspective view of the dauber unattached.

Corresponding and like to in the followin description and indicated inall the views 0 the drawings by the same 5 reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 arts are referred.

. designates a casing which is preferably integral with a handle portion2. A portion of the casing 1 constitutes a water-reservoir 3, .which isprovided with an inlet governed by a screw-cap or other closure 4. Thewaterreservoir is preferably funnel-shaped and is provided with slopinlower walls 5, which converge toward eac other and a central lowerpoint, where the outlet-opening 6 is formed. Preferably thisoutlet-opening is provided with a depending nipple, as shown.

located in the upper end of a conoldal partition 7, the apex of whichsurrounds the outlet, as shown. 'The walls of the partition divergedownwardly toward the base of the casing 1 at its lower end. The casing1 is internally threaded, as indicated at 8. The dauber 9 is providedwith a wooden or other head 10, which is formed with any desired numberof water ports or passages 11, extending entirely therethrough, so as tofeed Water to the bristles 12, and the said head is also provided at itsupper end with exterior screw-threads 13, designed to mesh with theinterior screw-threads 8 of the casing 1, so that the dauber may bescrewed into the casing or detached therefrom whenever desired.Preferably the head of the dauber is provided with a milled flange 14,constituting a convenient finger-hold for use in unscrewing and screwingthe dauber from or into the casing.

The handle 2 is substantially hollow throughout its length or a majorportion thereof, and within the said handle there are secured two cars15, which are spaced apart transversely, as shown. The cars 15 are bothapertured to receive a ivot-pin 16, and a hand-lever 17 is embrace bysaid ears and mounted on said pin intermediate the ends of the lever, sothat it may be rocked within the handle 2. The forward end of the leveris operatively connected to a second lever 18, which is preferablymounted intermediate its ends between two depending ears 19, secured toone side of the funnel-shaped reservoir 3, and the forward end of thelever 18 is provided with an'upwardly-facing cup shaped portion 20,designed to fit around and close the water-outlet 6. A bow-spring 21 ismounted in the handle 2 and is detachably held between the spaced-apartcars 15 below the lever 17, the tension of said spring being against therear end of the lever 17, so as to rock the same in a direction to movehe said nipple and water-outlet opening are IOC the lever 18 in the 0posite direction, so that it will close the out et 6.- The normalposition of the parts is such as to maintain the outlet 6 closed, sothat no water will pass therefrom onto the upper surface of the dauberand thence through the ports or passages 11 to the bristles thereof.

The lever 17 is provided with a finger-bearing 22 at its rear end, andthis end of the 'lever extends out through a slot 2? in the handle 2 inconvenient position for beingpressed u on by the finger or hand oftheoperator W ile it is grasping the handle 2.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that'when a person is holding the handle 2 thepressure of the finger u on the part 22, s as to depress that end of t elever 17, will effect the rocking of the lever 18 in an oppositedirection, so as to remove the cup 20 from the outlet 6 and-allow thedesired amount of fluid to be discharged from the reservoir 3 and splashdown upon the upper face of the dauber-head 10 and thence spread overthesame and pass through the ports 11 and wet the bristles 12. As soon asthe pressure upon the lever 17 has been released the spring 21 willrestore the parts to their normal position, with the outlet 6 closed bythe cup 20.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Adevice of the characterdescribed, comprisinga hollow casing providedwith a water-reservoir having a feed-opening and a water-outlet, ahandle secured to said casing, a lever mountedin said handle, a secondlever mounted in said casing and )rovided at one end with a cup adaptedto c ose the water-outlet of the reservoir, the other end of said secondlever being 0 eratively connected to the first-mentioned ever, and adauber mounted in the lower end of the casing with its upper surfacebelow the water-outlet, said comprising a hollow casing provided with afunnel-shaped water-reservolr having a feed- 0 ening and adownwardly-extending nipple,

t e latter constituting a water-outlet, a contom of the casing, a dau ersecured in the lower end of the casing and provided with water ports orpassages extending therethrough, a handle secured to said casing, alever mounted in said handle, and a second lever mounted in the casingand extending through said partition, one end of said lastmentionedlever being provided with an upwardly-facing cup arranged to fit oversaid nipple, and the other end of said lever being operatively connectedto said first-mentioned lever. V i

3. A device of the character described comprisinga casing provided witha funnelshaped water-reservoir having a centrallylocated nipple, awater-outlet formed thereby, the lower end of said casing beinginternally screw-threaded, a dauber the head of which is provided with aplurality of water ports or passages and is interiorly screwthreaded tofit in the lower end of said casing,-

a handle secured to said casing, spaced-apart .ears secured in said.handle, a hand-lever ful.

crumed intermediate its ends between said dauber being provided withwater-passages extending therethrough.

2. A device of the character described,

ears and projectingwith one end from said handle, a second lever pivotedintermediate its ends in the casing and rovided at one end with a onarranged to c ose the water-outlet from t e reservoir, the other end ofsaid lever being operatively; connected to said handdever, and abow-spring inserted between said ears and underneath said handlever andarranged to hold the same so that the cup closing said water-outlet.

it will in turn maintain the other lever with In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature 1 in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE A. CONNERS.

Witnesses: GEORGE M. RYRIE', EDMUND H. BLAIR.

